What is “JSAP”?
The activities of JSAP (The Japan Society ofApplied Physics) center on the field of appliedphysics. In applied physics, the Society plays a key
dual role by acting as an academic interface between science and engineering and stimulatingsocial interaction between academia and industry.
JSAP has focused most of its energies to dateon organising technical meetings and conferences as a means of encouraging mutually beneficial
collaboration between researchers working in applied physics.

Update(1) The 2003 Fall Meeting was held at Fukuoka
University with 6,542 registered participants and3950 presentations. The number of presentations
was the highest recorded in recent years and canbe attributed to the convenience due to the introduction of web based submission of abstracts;
only nine abstracts were received by post. For the2004 Spring Meeting, the JSAP is finalizing plans
to only accept abstracts submitted via the JSAP
website.
(2) The JSAP 2004 Spring Meeting will be held at
Tokyo University of Technology, March 28-31.
(3) JJAP Part 1 now accepts online submissionof manuscripts via the JJAP web page: http://jjap.ipap.jp/online/. Further, from October 2003,
IPAP has started publishing an online version of theJapanese Journal of Applied Physics, well in advance of the printed version.
(4) 'The JJAP Editorial Contribution Award' was established to recognize distinguished contributions
as an editor and/ or a reviewer of articles for theJapanese Journal of Applied Physics.
(5) The JSAP sponsored sixteen international conferences in 2002 including the AMLCD, VLSI,MNC, SSDM, Ion Beam Modification of Materials,
Polycrystalline Semiconductors, Semiconductor Fabrication, Asia-Pacific Surface and Interface
Analysis.

Membership
The total membership of JSAP was 22,368
as of October 2003 with members specialisingin physics, applied physics, electronics, chemistry,communications, materials science, metallurgy,
and mechanical engineering. About two-thirds ofthe members of JSAP are recruited from industry
and one third of members are based mainly in academic institutions and government laboratories(Fig. 1).
Academic
Societies
Government
ResearchInstitutes

Students

Membership(October 2003)

Industry

22,368University

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JSAP International No.9 (January 2004)

Publications
JSAP publishes the monthly journal Oyo Buturi, a Japanese-language membership journal
containing review articles. The JSAP also publishes a separate two-part periodical in English, theJapanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP), wherePart 1 is published monthly and Part 2 bimonthly.
Part 1 is dedicated to regular papers, short notes
and review papers and Part 2 to letters. Furthermore, submissions judged to have a large impact factor and as requiring urgent publication,
are processed more rapidly and published in theExpress Letters section of Part 2. Approximately,
3,000 copies each of JJAP Part 1 and JJAP Part 2
were printed and distributed in 2000, and morethan 600 copies were despatched to subscribers
in 50 countries.
In addition to the above periodicals, JSAP
publishes books and the proceedings of various
international conferences sponsored or co-sponsored by JSAP in fields related to applied physics. Members receive a discount on these publications.

Academic Meetings
The JSAP holds two national conventions annually, in which a third of the JSAP membershipgenerally participates. The Spring meeting (held inthe Tokyo area) usually involves about 8,000 participants and the Autumn meeting (held in otherparts of Japan, such as Nagoya) attracts approximately 6,000 participants. The two conventionsare held over a period of four days during which
about 4,000 papers are presented in regular sessions and symposia.

International Conferences
JSAP sponsored more than 16 international
conferences in the fields of applied physics andrelated subjects in 2002. In that year, the list ofmajor international conferences held under thesponsorship of, or in cooperation with, JSAP included Optical Memory, Liquid Crystals, SolarCells, VLSI Technology, Microprocessing and Nanotechnology, Reactive Plasmas, and Solid State
Devices and Materials.

Divisional Activities
JSAP has various divisions that take responsibility for particular subject areas. Each division
sponsors activities in its own field of specialisationthat include seminars, tutorial meetings, and thepublication of newsletters. The divisions that exist
currently are• Education in Applied Physics• Materials Science and Crystal Technology• Optics• Organic Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics• Plasma Electronics• Radiation Science• Silicon Technology• Solid State Physics and Applications• Superconductors• Thin Film and Surface Physics

JSAP Awards
Outstanding achievement in the field of applied physics is recognized by the presentation ofa ‘JSAP Outstanding Achievement Award’ to individuals who have greatly contributed to the progress of applied physics.
Awards are also presented to the authors ofpapers of excellence published in the two main
JSAP periodicals, the membership journal (OyoButuri) and the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP). There are three awards:• Award for the best original paper• Award for the most promising young scientist• Award for the best review paper

Benefits of JSAP Membership• Free copy of the monthly publication OyoButuri• Discount on subscriptions to JJAP Part 1 andJJAP Part 2• Eligibility to present papers at JSAP meetings• Discount on JSAP-sponsored conference fees
• Discount on books and conference proceedings published by JSAP
• Access to on-line archive of back numbers ofJSAP periodicals• Participation in meetings organised by societies with formal reciprocal agreements with
JSAP (APS, EPS. IEEE/ EDS, IEEE/ LEOS, IOP,KPS, OSA) at mutual membership rates

How do you join JSAP?
Eligibility for Membership
An individual applying for regular membership should have an interest in applied physics.
An applicant for student membership must be afull-time undergraduate or postgraduate student
actively involved in research related to appliedphysics.

Membership fees
The admission fee at registration is 2,000
Yen for a regular member or 1,000 Yen for a student member; and the basic annual subscription
fee is 10,000 Yen (plus overseas postage) for regular members or 6,000 Yen (plus overseas postage) for a student member. Members wishing tosubscribe to the JJAP are requested to pay 12,000
Yen (plus overseas surface-postage mail) in advance in addition to the basic annual subscription
fee.